IndigeNews: Oct. 13 – 17, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Toq’aq”
(toq-awwq)

Meaning: Fall

In the News

  1. Acclaimed Mi’kmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby dead at 46 – CBC News
  2. Halifax airport features Mi’kmaw artist’s work in new installation – CBC News
  3. Indigenous artists receive Governor General award for contributions – APTN News
  4. ‘Very paternalistic’: National chief voices concerns with proposed reconciliation council – CBC News
  5. Criminal investigations related to unmarked graves will be under police jurisdiction: Lametti – APTN News
  6. Wounded Knee Massacre artifacts — once touted as ‘a curiosity’ — returned to Lakota Sioux – CBC Radio
  7. Canadian Federation of Library Associations Calls for the Release of all Outstanding Residential School Records
  8. RCMP investigate after search of western Manitoba residential school site discovers possible unmarked graves – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. FSIN blasts Premier Moe’s policy paper – Sask Today
  2. First Nations lawsuit aims to protect traditional lands – Timmins Today
  3. Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What Are Treaties? – First Peoples Law
  4. MMIWG class action against feds ‘far beyond money’, says lawyer – APTN News
  5. Saskatchewan premier overstepping his authority over land rights: FSIN – APTN News
  6. B.C. parents launch court action over rejection of baby’s Indigenous name – Global News
  7. Blackfoot confederacy files human rights complaint against Indigenous services – APTN News
  8. Millbrook First Nation councillor fighting cannabis charge on constitutional grounds – APTN News
  9. Matawa chiefs support ‘historic lawsuit’ launched by three Treaty 9 First Nations – Timmins News
  10. Public safety minister to visit James Smith Cree Nation, discuss First Nations policing – APTN News
  11. Sask. premier’s white paper ignores Indigenous resource rights, say First Nations leader, academic – CBC News
  12. First Nations leaders want changes to on-reserve justice as fly-in courts resume in northern Ontario – CBC News
  13. Whitecap Dakota Nation votes to become first self-governing Indigenous nation in Saskatchewan – Global News
  14. Chief Maracle wants to see partial settlement process used as land claims template moving forward – YGK News
  15. NDP calls on Trudeau government to make Indigenous sensitivity training mandatory for civil servants – APTN News
  16. Poundmaker Cree Nation leaves FSIN, will leave AFN, to ‘protect treaty rights’ independently – Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Interlake First Nations leaders call new $15M fund connected to flood channel ‘a slap in the face’ – CBC News
  2. BC Assembly of First Nations launching new Centre of Excellence in First Nations Economic Development – My Prince George Now

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Film industry loses ‘visionary’ Mi’gmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby – APTN News
  2. We’koqma’q First Nation helps keep tradition alive with ribbon skirt bank – CBC News
  3. Report from association provides road map to decolonizing museums – Windspeaker.com
  4. Inuit carver North of 60 hoping to literally set traditional knowledge in stone – APTN News
  5. ‘Timeless’ 1960s Elsipogtog craft work featured in new book and documentary – CBC News
  6. `No one is really taking care of us’: Little progress made on improving Inuit housing – APTN News
  7. Federal, provincial governments announce $33.1M investment for Métis Nation Heritage Centre – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Record year for sockeye salmon returning to Okanagan – Times Chronicle
  2. B.C. First Nations seek action on sturgeon deaths, after court blamed declines on dam – Toronto Star
  3. Ojibwe horses are endangered, but a few Canadian ranches are determined to keep them alive – CBC News

Wela’lioq, Msit No’kmaq – Thank you, All My Relations

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‘How We Say Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/howwesayhome, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on November 6, 2023 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on March 4, 2024 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on March 12, 2024.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

‘Definition of Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/ourhome, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on July 17, 2023 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on September 30, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on October 6, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

‘Shaping the Epekwitk of Tomorrow’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all Mi’kmaq who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/progress, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on January 23, 2022 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on April 30, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on May 8, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

‘Connected by Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/connected, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on December 12, 2022 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on January 31, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on February 6, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

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